Minimal influence of reduced Arctic sea ice on coincident cold winters in mid-latitudes
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 August 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0551-4Two independent methods, applied to observations and climate models, suggest that changes in atmospheric circulation drive...
Wasting less electricity before use
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 August 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0558-xNew research finds that global inefficiencies in power transmission and distribution infrastructure result in nearly a...
Antarctic iceberg impacts on future Southern Hemisphere climate
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 August 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0546-1Climate change will increase meltwater and iceberg discharge from Antarctica, with implications for future climate and...
Midlatitudes unaffected by sea ice loss
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 August 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0560-3Climate scientists cannot agree on what caused a recent spate of severe winters over North America...
Author Correction: Global loss of climate connectivity in tropical forests
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 August 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0570-1Author Correction: Global loss of climate connectivity in tropical forests
The climate mitigation opportunity behind global power transmission and distribution
Nature Climate Change, Published online: 12 August 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0544-3Additional electricity generation is required to compensate for losses from inefficient transmission and distribution infrastructure. In...
Climate change conversations can be difficult for both skeptics, environmentalists
Having productive conversations about climate change isn't only challenging when dealing with skeptics, it can also be difficult for environmentalists, according to two new...
Low-income, black neighborhoods still hit hard by air pollution
Disease-causing air pollution remains high in pockets of America -- particularly those where many low-income and African-American people live, a disparity highlighted in recent...
Despite temperature shifts, treehoppers manage to mate
A rare bright spot among dismal climate change predictions, new research findings show that some singing insects are likely to manage to reproduce even...
New retroreflective material could be used in nighttime color-changing road signs
A thin film that reflects light in intriguing ways could be used to make road signs that shine brightly and change color at night....
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